Improvement in eyeleting machines foe attaching buttons- to gaements



@eine tant *atut @fitte EZRA J. WARNER, F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

I Lettere Patent No. 69,284, dated September 24, 1867i.

IMPROVEMENT lN EYELETING MACHINES FOR ATTAGHING BUTTONS' T0 GARMENTSIElite tlgihult referat tu it these t-Peints rztin mit limiting @mit uftige stmt.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EZRA J.' WARNER, of Newark, in the county of Essex,and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Machine forFastening Buttons on Garments; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which-- Figure l is a front elevation ofv the machine,seen partly in section through the lineA :e z, iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a side elevation. I i

Figure 3 is a sectional detached view of the needle-spring guide.

Figure 4, a sectional detached view of the plunger.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of this invention is to fasten 'buttons with tubular,A shanksor eyelets to garments at a single operation; and it consists of apress, provided with an adjustable die, throu'gh which passes a springslide-bar for holding the tubular shank in proper position to bc pressedthereon, and thus fasten the button on a garment, andV which also holdsa piercing-needle for making a' hole in thh cloth to receive the tubularshank, as hereim1 after more particularly described. The plunger of thcpress is also provided with a spring sliding-guide to adjustautomatically andkeep the button inl place when the operation offastening it is performed.

This machine is more especially designed for the'use of tailors andwholesale manufacturers of clothing, in

- order to facilitate the operation of fastening buttons to garmentswith tubular shanks ofirecent invention, and

strike up or h`ead the ends thereof more perfectly than can be doneby'hand.

A represents the bed of a small hand-press, to be screwed to a table,and B the handle, which operates a plunger, C, by means of a cam, a, onits end, that is so formedns to give the plunger a very rapid motion inthe irst part of its d escent in the socket D on the end of the standardE, and a slow motion at the last part of its descent, where greaterpower is required for spreading or heading the tubular shanks to thebuttons on the cloth. A'lhe cam a strikes a friction-roller, c, on thehead of the plunger-C, and on an end projecting from the cam a is anadjusting-screw, b, by which the action ofthe plunger is regulated toallow it to descend more 0r less, according to the thickness ofthe clothand the buttons that are to bc fastened. The plunger C is provided witha spiral spring, m, for elevating it. On the lowcr end of the plunger Cis fitted a sliding-guido, it, to which is attached a spiral spring, c,by which the guide adjusts itself to tlic but-ton, and brings it leveland even on the cloth when the plunger descends to fasten it, and thusdispenses with holding the button by the lingers, as shown in detail byfig. 4, and hereinafter described. Directly under the socket D is placedavdie, n, the form of which 1`s adapted to the head or lap. of one endof atubular shank, and which is nicely fitted in the head-of a hollowscrew, F, which rests upon and passes through the bed A, secured by anut on the under side. The die n is held in place by a set-screw, z', assho-wn in iig. 3. In the hollow or recess in the upper end ofthe screw Fa round sliding-bar, L, is placed vertically, the'upper end of whichpasses through thecentre of the die et, and is also madeihollow at theupper end. The lower end of the sliding-har 7L is prevented fromvrising-above a certain height by a shoulder which catches' on the underside of Iche die 1t, and is provided with a spiral spring, p, whichkeeps the shoulder close to the die when the sliding-bar is notdepressed, as shown clearly by fig. 3 in detail, and presentlydescribed.

'lo loperate this machine the tubular shank is first set on the upperend ofthe sliding-bar l1, and nfpiercingneedle is then set'upon it. Thisneedle for piercing the.cloth may be made in two forms, either hollow,to set over the end ot` the sliding-bar like :1- capJ Figure 5, or witha shank, Figure 6, which fits into the hole in the end ofthe sliding-barh. When either of these'needles is sot in place the cloth is then placedon the point and pushed down by hand to pierce a hole through it, sothat it can go down snugly over the tubular shank, as shown in red linesin fig. 2. The needle is then removed and a button with a hole in themiddle is set in its place over the tubular shank. The plunger@ is thenbrought down upon it, the lower end ofthe plunger beingv pointed tostrike rst and bear upon the tubular shank or the end of the sliding-barr, which recedes through the die n, in the hollow screw F, to allow thebutton to go down close upon the cloth. At the same time the pointed endofthe plunger G settles in the concave centre of the button, and thesliding-guide d bears upon it and adjusts it in-a horizontalV positioneven with the cloth, while it also rises on the plunger and slides upout of the way suioiently to allow the point of'a die on the end of theplunger to come down solidly upon the upper end of the tubular shank andspread or head it down closely und evenly in the middle of the button,as shown clearly in fig. 1. When the cloth is removed, with the buttonthus fastened to it, the spring p clevutes the sliding-bmh to its oldposition above the die n, and the spring m raises the plunger C, whilethe sprins;r e also forces buck the sliding-guide el to its place 0n theend of the plunger, thus restoring all the parts to their originalpositions and relations for n. repetitionpf the seme operation forfastening another button on the garment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Paltent, is-

The combination of the sliding-bnr h, the die n, the sliding-guide d,and `the plunger'V C, all arranged and operating substantially as andfor the purposes herein described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 4th day ofFebruary, 1867.

EZRA `J. WARNER.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

